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It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth.

Michio Kaku

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Michio Kaku
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 24
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